Improvement in railway-rail joints



tirtri iatt WILLIAM MOREHOUSE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK;

l Letters Patent No. 110,384, daea.naember'zo,1s7o.

lMPRoveMENrIN RAILWAV-aAILJoINTslh'e Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent: and making part of the same.

To all whom- 'it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MoREHoUsE, of Buffalo, in the count-y of Erie and State of New York,

have invented a new and improved Fastening forthe Joints of Railroad-Rails 5' and Iido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,`reference being had tothe accompanying drawing making -part of this specification, in which- Figure 1' is a side view, showing the ends of the sections of a railroad-rail united bythe improvedfastemng. v v.Figure 2 is a section taken horizontally through fig. 1 below the rail-head.

Figure 3 is a cross-section through the joint. Figure 4 is an end view of a rail, and the Ydevices .for jointing the same.

Similar `letters -4,of reference indicate corresponding parts'A in the severalfignres.

This invention relates to a newfmode of connecting sections of railroadrails by means of bolts passed transversely throug'hfnotehes made into the ends of the-rail-sections, and also through splicing or fishbars, which areapplied on opposite sides of the webs of the rail-sections.

My object is to renderunnecessary the use of more than one through-bolt foreach joint, and consequently,

weakening of the webs of the rail near the joints, by

punching holes through them.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of strong bow-springs, in combination with lishbars and a. single Acentrally-arranged transverse bolt,

applied on opposite sides of' the webs of the rail-sections between the lips of the rail-table and the rail' base. These iishbars' are perforated transversely midway between their ends to receive through them the bolt D, y,asshown in the' drawing. C O are two bow-springs, which may be made of any suitable length and width, and which are tapered from the middle of their length vto their extremities, as shown in ig. 2.

These springs are clamped lirmly against the fish-bars B B by means of the bolt D and nut a, andv their extremities are received againstl -shonlders g on the sh-bars, as shown in fig. 2.

Between the-spring-clamps O O and thel ishbars B B metal orIndia-rubber springs l) are confined,

which', byl their tendency to recoil, will prevent the nut a from working loose.

The spring-clamps should be made so'stift' as to relqnire the application of considerable force to the nut .a to spring these clampsto their places against the shoulders g g. The pressure, t-h'us applied andre tained, will be transferred to the extremities of the elan1ps,and the fish-bars will be forced rmly against the rail-sections.

By iitting-the ends of the clamps against the shoulders g g Ijiot'only prevent the clamps vfrom 'elongatin g vafter they are forced home, but Ialso vprevent endw i se movement ofthe sh-barsand clamps.

Having described my invention,

5 What Iiclaim as new, and desire to secure'by Letters Patentis- Y Il. Thesp'ring-clampsG O'appl-ied tothe fish-bars B B andE railesections by meansof a bolt, D.

2. The shoulders. g g, made into the sh-bars to re- -ceivethe ends of the clamps G C, substantially as described.

3. 'lhe combination of elastic washers b with the clamps O and fish-bars, substantially as described.

I. WILLIAM MOREHOUSE.

Witnesses:

LnvI S. GATES,

HUGH Ross'.

am afa, 

